How to check if an object is a jQuery event

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I have an object x, and after running console.log(x) Chrome's debugger shows me this:

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How can I check if x is a jQuery.Event using JavaScript? (I've tried Object.getPrototypeOf, toString and obj.constructor).

awesome, thanks! Is there any way to get the string "jquery.Event" just from the object? — Sam Selikoff, Aug 06 '14 at 19:16
@RocketHazmat Can't think of a reason right now, was just curious. — Sam Selikoff, Aug 06 '14 at 19:26
@j08691 It might sound silly, but I felt the question was different enough, specifically because it refers to the jQuery **event** object. It turns out that the answer is fundamentally the same as the duplicate you linked, but the question was about something different (although **quite close**). I don't know, I just feel like it isn't right for someone searching for this question to be redirected to a duplicate with an answer for something else. I'd hope they'd be able to figure out that `instanceof` should be applied in the same way, but it's possible they wouldn't. I don't know, I'm picky — Ian, Aug 07 '14 at 17:35
fwiw I was aware of `instanceof` and it was non-obvious that this could be used on "subclasses" of the main jQuery export. — Sam Selikoff, Aug 07 '14 at 17:38

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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Agreeing @Rocket's comment: instanceof is the way to go. You can try this on SO's website in the JS console

var x = $.Event()
x instanceof $.Event

More information can be found in this eerily similar post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1853246/1883547

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Aug 06 '14 at 19:17

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